We are seeking a Sr. Fullstack Engineer II. Currently we are focused on providing equitable solutions to historically under-resourced communities of learners and teachers. As a product engineer, you might work on projects such as:
Integrating state of the art learning science into our product to enable learners and teachers to quickly identify and address learning gaps on the fly.
Building tools for teachers to use Khan Academy as a strategic supplement in their classrooms.
This role will help harness the power of AI to deliver the product capabilities for an assessments experience for students and teachers.
We are a remote-first organization and we strive to build using technology that is best suited to solving problems for our learners. Currently, we build with Go, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, React Router and we adopt new technologies including AI tools and IDE’s that leverage AI when they’ll help us better achieve our goals. At Khan, one of our values is “Cultivate Learning Mindsets”, so for us, it’s important that we’re working with all of our engineers to help match the right opportunity to the right individual, in order to ensure every engineer is operating at their “learning edge”.
Requirements
8+ years experience building world-class product experiences for an interactive web-app. In particular, you have built and maintained scalable backend services, as well as complex, stateful frontend user interfaces.
Prior experience building a learning or assessments product (using Generative AI / LLMs) a plus.
Experience building user interfaces with accessibility in mind a plus.
Strong technical project management skills, as our Senior Software Engineers often lead projects.
Experience building and maintaining complex software. You’ll join us in writing clean, maintainable software that solves hard problems. You’ll write testable, quality code. You’ll push the team and the mission forward with your contributions.
Strong communication, thoughtfulness, and desire to give and receive regular feedback.
Empathy for learners around the world. You love learning and are excited about helping others learn to love learning. You’re motivated to learn new things and share what you learn with the world.
Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization.
Excitement about helping Khan Academy bring a free, world-class education to the world.
Benefits
Competitive salaries
Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority.
Remote-first culture - that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times
Generous parental leave
An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best
The chance to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education
Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups
And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
GoGraphQLTypeScriptReactReact RouterGenerative AILLMsscalable backend servicesfrontend user interfacesclean maintainable software
Soft skills
technical project managementstrong communicationthoughtfulnessfeedbackempathycross-cultural competencyself-awarenessinclusive perspectivesmotivation to learndesire to help others